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About the stay of the Delegation of the World Council of Churches in the USSR.

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Film on the presence of the delegation of the World Council of Churches in the USSR. City of Moscow. Meeting Delegation to the Vnukovo airport. Members of the delegation present at the divine service in the Patriarchal Cathedral of the Epiphany, visit museums and churches of the Kremlin, the Church of the Resurrection of Christ, John the Warrior, All-Union Council of Evangelical Christian Baptists, Moscow State University, Exhibition of Achievements of National Economy (VDNKh), underground, and the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, Moscow Theological Academy and the seminary. Members of the delegation at a reception at the Bishop of Dmitrov Pitirim. Reception and conversation with the patriarch of Moscow and All Russia Alexy, Metropolitan Krutitsy and Kolomna Nicholas in the hotel "Ukraine". Seeing the delegation at Vnukovo airport. Members of the delegation in the city of Leningrad. See the sights of the city, including: Peter and Paul Cathedral, monuments to Peter I, Fyodor Dostoevsky, St. Nicholas Cathedral, the Alexander Nevsky Monastery, the Hermitage. Present at the reception at the Metropolitan of Leningrad and Ladoga Pitirim. Liturgy at Holy Trinity Cathedral. The delegation visited the Leningrad Theological Academy and Seminary. Latvia. Of Riga. Receiving members of the delegation head of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Latvia, the Archbishop of Stirling and the head of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Estonia, the Archbishop of Kiyvitom. Receiving the delegation of the Executive Committee of the Riga City Council of People's Deputies at the chairman of the City Council Baumanis. Visit Old-Gertrudinskoy church. Liturgy. Armenia. The city of Yerevan. Members of the delegation visiting the sights of the city, visit Echmiadzin - the residence of the Armenian Church, Catholicos of All Armenians Vazgen First. Reception at First Vazgen. Liturgy. The ruins of the cathedral Zvartnots. Landscapes of Armenia. Members of the delegation in the cabin. Among the members of the delegation: Head of the delegation Dr. Vissert-Uft, Monsieur de Vaymarn, priest F. House, Mr. Cho Tang, Professor N. Nisonotis, Dr. F. Nolde. Speakers: V. Uft (synchronously), Patriarch Alexy (synchronously).